IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ocie
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1990MO167108M
  • User Pedon ID: 1990MO167108
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M9116716
  • Print Date: 4/29/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 37.6748889
  • Std. Longitude: -93.2054806
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: T34N
  • Range: R21W
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 1800 feet E and 1650 feet S of the NW corner
  • Location Description: 1800 feet east and 1650 feet south of the northwest corner of S14, T34N, R21W. Emma Short
  • Map Unit: 73002—Ocie-Gatewood complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes
  • State: Missouri
  • County: MO167—Polk
  • MLRA: 116B—Springfield Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MO167—Polk County, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Richard McBee and John Bowers
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal over clayey, mixed Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ocie
  • PSC - 48 to 98 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ocie
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 48 to 98 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/10/1990
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: slope alluvium derived from cherty limestone and/or residuum weathered from dolomite and/or solid rock derived from dolomite
  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: very high
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/10/1990 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    lithic contact

    0—48

    48—152

    152—203

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    Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    13

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    331

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    225

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) gravelly sandy loam; weak very fine granular structure; friable; 6.0 fine roots; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU043035
    E—10 to 36 centimeters (3.9 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) very gravelly silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 medium roots and 6.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU043036
    BE—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) extremely gravelly silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky parts to weak very fine granular structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 35 percent prominent pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt coats; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU043037
    Bt1—48 to 79 centimeters (18.9 to 31.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) extremely gravelly fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 15 percent prominent pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt coats; 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 40 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU043038
    2Bt2—79 to 94 centimeters (31.1 to 37.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and yellowish red (5YR 4/6) gravelly clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 35 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU043039
    2Bt3—94 to 132 centimeters (37.0 to 52.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 40 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 25 percent coarse yellow (10YR 7/6) masses of oxidized iron; 4 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU043040
    2Bt4—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 60 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 4 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU043041
    2R—152 centimeters (59.8 inches); bedrock; fragments.